Office of Professional & Continuing Education

ACT Boot Camp is an all-inclusive test prep program that provides students with the tools they need to prepare for, and excel on, the ACT test. Students will receive in-depth review of the exam materials, insight into strategies for succeeding on standardized tests, a comprehensive study plan, and extended online support. Auburn Youth Programs partners with Educational Testing Consultants to offer this camp.

Camp participants will experience campus-life while residing in Auburn's resident dormitories, eating at campus dining facilities, and enjoying evening social and recreational activities. Campers will have 24/7 counselor supervision.

All ACT Prep Classes includes:

• 20 hours of classroom instruction
• Experienced, dedicated instructors
• Official preparation guide which includes practice tests from ACT
• Course workbook
• Thorough presentations and explanations
• Review of frequently-tested topics
• Access to online support resources

All ACT Prep Classes cover:

Math Topics

• Practice solution techniques for problems containing variables.
• Learn efficient approaches to complicated multi-step problems.
• Discover tactics for translating difficult word problems into equations.

English Topics

• Identify correct idiomatic speech in sentence correction problems.
• Understand the basic concepts of rhetorical construction.
• Learn which grammar errors are most frequently tested.

Reading Topics

• Understand which part of the passage to read for reading comprehension questions.
• Recognize the difference between global and local test items.
• Identify passages written from the journalistic and engaged perspectives.

Science Reasoning Topics

• Identify parameters for test items involving graphs and charts.
• Interpolate or extrapolate answers from data given in tables.
• Recognize the point of an experiment in research summary items.

General Test Taking Topics

• Use the process of elimination
• Master time management skills
• Minimize test anxiety
• Identify common distractors

Live-Online Office Hours

Weekly live-online office hours provide a convenient way for students to get individualized help with specific questions or concerns. The live-online office hours are free-form meetings open to all participants from both the on-campus and live-online ACT Prep Classes. The sessions are drop-in and student-directed, so there will not be a planned presentation for each session. Instead, our instructors will answer questions and work through problems in the order that they are received.